Other Churches & Chapels

Reveille United Methodist, Richmond, VA

Tim Carrier came over for photo session Sat, November 21; got to Pony Pasture on James River, Agecroft Hall, some churches, & some Monument Ave sites; lunch at Strawberry Street Cafe, gelato at Celesti Gelati; Reveille United Methodist Church founded 1951 by merger of 2 Methodist churches relocating due to neighborhood changes - Union Station (on Church Hill) & Monument (whose church at Park & Allen avenues had burned); unnamed new church acquired Reveille House & grounds on Cary St Rd at Antrim Ave, across from Windsor Farms, & took Reveille name for new church, where services have been held starting October 31, 1954; Reveille House dates from 1720, is 2nd-oldest house in Richmond, & stands N of church; formerly plantation house of Kennon family, which had holdins of 50,000 acres; house, but NOT church, is on National Register of Historic Places (79003293); church has expanded several times, most recently 2011-12 addition that includes welcome center, choir room, etc